also: おしね
noun
late-growing rice
Agricultural term for rice varieties that mature later in the season, as opposed to early-ripening types.
この地域では晩稲の栽培が盛んです。
Late-growing rice is widely cultivated in this region.
Obsolete kana reading; it is out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
早稲 refers to early-ripening rice, the opposite of 晩稲.
Compound of 晩 (late) and 稲 (rice plant). The reading ばんとう is the standard on'yomi combination; おしね is an older, now obsolete kun'yomi-based reading.